ἔλαιον
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- olive oil, commonly used as an anointing oil
- any oily substance
- (at Athens) the oil market
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *élaiwon.
Origin
Proto-Hellenic
*élaiwon
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- castellum English
- elaeoptene English
- elaiometer English
- indole English
- leucoline English
- linoleum English
- oleamen English
- oleic English
- oleiferous English
- oleo- English
- phenetol English
- pinacolin English
- rhigolene English
- salicylol English
- serolin English
- öljy Finnish
- *oli̯u Latin
- Castella Latin
- castellanus Latin
- castellum Latin
- castrum Latin
- elaeocarpus Latin
- oleamen Latin
- olearis Latin
- olearius Latin
- oleosus Latin
- oleum Latin
- castello Italian
- oleificio Italian
- oleo- Italian
- olio Italian
- елей Russian
- óleo Spanish, Castilian
- γάρος Ancient Greek
- γαρέλαιον Ancient Greek
- πολῠ́ς Ancient Greek
- ἐλαία Ancient Greek
- ὀδών Ancient Greek
- ὑδρέλαιον Ancient Greek
- ὕδωρ Ancient Greek
- *loiu̯om Proto-Indo-European
- *loiwom Proto-Indo-European
- olje Norwegian Bokmål
- óleo Portuguese
- olje Norwegian Nynorsk
- castel Old English
- ele Old English
- kastel Danish
- *olějь Proto-Slavic
- castel Old French
- chastel Old French
- oile Old French
- olie Old French
- kastelo Esperanto
- oli Catalan, Valencian
- óleo Galician
- castel Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- castell Welsh
- olew Welsh
- kastel Old High German
- ole Old High German
- oli Old High German
- Sinapis Translingual
- Caisel Old Irish
- caisel Old Irish
- olae Old Irish
- olja Faroese
- полилей Bulgarian
- линолеум Kazakh
- lyej Albanian
- 𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍅 Gothic
- olig Old Dutch
- castelo Old Portuguese
- olie, oli(e) Middle Low German
- òli Occitan
- ieli Romansh
- castiellu Asturian
- cjiscjel Friulian
- vueli Friulian
- castel Old Occitan
- олѣи Old East Slavic
- Castiella Old Spanish
- castiello Old Spanish
- ogghiu Sicilian
- casteło Venetian
- ogio Venetian
- ojo Venetian
- kastell Breton
- castel xno
- olie xno
- *elaiwanja Proto-Albanian
- gaztelu Basque
- קַסְטֵל Aramaic
- castial Dalmatian
- chaîteâ Bourguignon
- heule Bourguignon
- Casteddu Sardinian
- casteddu Sardinian
- castiello Neapolitan
- *élaiwon Proto-Hellenic
- castellu Corsican
- olio Aragonese
- castielho Mirandese
- châtél Franco-Provençal
- castel ONF.
- oli Lombard
- 𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 Etruscan
- 𐀁𐀨𐀺 Mycenaean Greek
- 𐀁𐁉𐀺 Mycenaean Greek